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A fabric with vision
MIT researchers have developed light-detecting fibers that, when weaved into a web, act as a flexible camera that could display information about one's surroundings on a small screen.
Administration Issues Egg Safety Rule, and Biden Promises More Action on Foods
Ending years of squabbling among agencies, the administration announced a rule to combat salmonella and promised more food safety overhauls.
Computerized Face Recognition Software Can Rapidly See Through Disguises
A rapid but superior method for computerized face recognition could revolutionize security systems especially if it can see through disguises. New software solves the variation problems caused by different light...
Building a stellar time machine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers are building a celestial time machine that lets astronomers look back at hundreds of thousands of objects in the Earth`s skies over the past century.
Researchers find social security numbers can be predicted with public information
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information readily gleaned from governmental sources, commercial data bases, or online social networks can be used to routinely predict most - and...
Regulation And Oversight Of Gun Sales Reduces Trafficking To Criminals
Comprehensive regulation of gun sellers appears to reduce the trafficking of guns to criminals, according to a new study. The study is the first to incorporate measures of the enforcement...
Health departments get mixed marks for using Web to communicate about flu crisis
State and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after U.S. officials declared a...
Dell may face fine for online pricing glitch
The Taiwanese government is considering fining computer maker Dell Inc. up to $876,000 after a series of online pricing errors made for tens of thousands of unsatisfied customers.
Microsoft warns of serious security flaw in browser
Microsoft has issued a warning of a serious security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser that could allow hackers to access a user's system remotely.
Robo-bats with metal muscles may be next generation of remote control flyers
Tiny flying machines can be used for everything from indoor surveillance to exploring collapsed buildings, but simply making smaller versions of planes and helicopters doesn't work very well. Instead, researchers...
Panasonic breaks into robotics with medical robot
(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday has developed a medical robot that dispenses drugs to patients, the Japanese electronics giant's first step into robotics.
Need for federal insurance czar is questioned
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health care overhaul legislation from President Barack Obama's congressional allies would create a federal insurance czar with sweeping new powers to oversee medical...
US finalizes stem cell research guidelines
The US government on Monday unveiled final rules for embryonic stem cell research, laying out ground rules for "ethically responsible, scientifically worthy" studies eligible for federal funds.
Cruise ship industry reverses stance, backs federal safety bill
The legislation would make shipboard crime reporting mandatory and require installation of security latches and peepholes on cabin doors, among other measures. The nation's cruise ship industry, in a turnaround from its long-standing position...
Call for tougher gene test rules
The genetic testing industry should be more tightly regulated, says a report by a House of Lords committee.
Medical marijuana moves mainstream
David Goldman has a chronic headache, but help is on the way. A driver arrives at his apartment and rings the doorbell, checks Goldman's ID card, then hands over a...
Report: DOJ Probing Telecom Dominance
Feds Want to Know If U.S. Phone Giants are Abusing Market Power, Wall Street Journal Reports
In Space, No One Can Hear You Blog
Despite it being in many ways a marvel of modern technology, the International Space Station can't keep up with even the simplest modern cellphone in terms of data communication with...
Vital Statistics: More Computers, Many More Injuries
While computer use is often linked to wrist and back pain, people are also winding up in emergency rooms with other injuries from computers.
Freedom and the Brain
Canada and the United States have celebrated their nation’s birthdays and freedom. The cost of such freedom has been and continues to be paid with significant sacrifice and loss of...
Hurricane Katrina: Phone home
Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.
Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading
(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure...
Physicist takes a quantum leap
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Queensland physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things? None, however, have had the same impact as...
McDonald's to EV Drivers: Do You Want Fries With that Power?
On July 14, electric vehicle owners will be able to charge up on a Big Mac while their electric vehicle charges in the parking lot. A new McDonald's in Cary,...
Robot Soccer: Cooperative Soccer Playing Robots Compete
The cooperative soccer playing robots of the Universität Stuttgart are world champions in the middle size league of robot soccer. After one of the most interesting competitions in the history...
Video: Loaded: On Tour
We take a First Look at the new BlackBerry Tour, the Kindle may soon get in-books ads, and it could be illegal to plant a tracking chip in your girlfriend.
Northeastern Leads Partnership to Improve VA Health Care Processes
New Veterans Engineering Research Center to develop and implement industrial engineering methods for health care systems.
Ubisoft opening Toronto studio
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, will be opening a major studio in Toronto, a move that will generate 800 jobs in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty said...